McGuffey said the pair confessed to beating Travis White, 17, with a baseball bat, wrench and hammer, then stabbing him multiple times. White had 75 different wounds from the attack, McGuffey testified.

"He'd been beaten severely and he had been cut, stabbed and just beat brutally," he said.

White's body was found dumped in a field one week later.

McGuffey testified that Golsby had a long history of mental problems. McGuffey said Golsby had a split personality and even tried to help White.

"At one point, he actually gave him a drink of water because his "Christian side" took over, but then his "dark side" took back over and he knew he was going to die," McGuffey testified.

Emily Ball, 14, is also charged with murder in connection with White's death. She is being tried as an adult. Ball is accused of ordering White's death after claiming that he had assaulted her.

White's grandmother also spoke at Friday's hearing, trying to convince the judge that Golsby and Dodson should never be released.

"I was devastated," said Karen Girdler. "Nobody should die the way he did, nobody."

Prosecutors said Golsby and Dodson agreed to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.